Cherry Bakewell Baked Oatmeal Squares

So remember yesterday when I posted about how I made some delicious baked oatmeal over the weekend?  Well I thought I'd share the recipe in case you feel like giving it a go yourself.  I'm not original enough to have come up with this, so full credit goes to Jessica at How Sweet It Is.

Cherry Bakewell Baked Oatmeal Squares

[adapted from How Sweet It Is]

serves 4-6

2 cups old fashioned oats

1/3 cup loosely packed coconut sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 large egg

1 & 1/4 cup non-dairy milk

2 teaspoons almond extract

3 tablespoons non-dairy margarine, melted

1 medium ripe banana, mashed

1/4 cup dried sour cherries

2 tbsp Linwoods Cocoa and Berries ground flaxseed

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and grease a baking dish.

In a large bowl, mix the oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and flaxseed.

Measure out the milk and whisk in the egg and almond extract. 

Stir the wet ingredients into the dry oat mixture. 

Mix in mashed banana, melted butter and dried cherries.

Pour the mix into a baking dish and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown and the top is set. 

Remove and let cool for 5 minutes before serving. 

Top with fruit, bananas, milk or simply enjoy plain.

Weekend Things

This weekend I:

Watched almost an entire series of House.  True story.  I obviously don't have much of a life.

Went food shopping.  Twice!  Clearly once just isn't enough in our household.   

Tried on about a hundred different pairs of trousers, of which exactly zero pairs actually fit.  What a complete waste of time.  Although I'm sure all the dressing and undressing contributed to my exercise quota for the week.  Or, more accurately, was my exercise for the week.  Just a quick note to fashion designers - please stop putting long  side pockets on trousers as it prevents us pear-shaped ladies from being able to wear them.  Thank you.  

Had my very first Cadbury's Creme Egg of the season, and the dairy in it didn't cause me any stomach problems.  Hooray!  I may start stockpiling these before they disappear for the year.  Although I have to admit that I kind of like only having them around Easter as it makes them feel that little bit more special.

Made baked oatmeal for the very first time and it turned out great.  It wasn't my own creation but I'm just glad I was able to follow a recipe and produce something that was edible.  If you love oaty things such as porridge and flapjacks then you will love these.  Maybe I'll post the recipe tomorrow.

Decided that I am just far too impatient to stay in my current job until 27th April, so I have used three days leave and now my last day will be Tuesday 24th April.  Much better.  This does mean however that I will be at home packing boxes and cleaning for three days straight.  Oh well, it’s better than being at work I suppose.

And one thing that I most definitely didn't do this weekend was cleaning.  Nope, not one little bit.  My house is filthy and probably stinks but what can I say?  The epic House marathon and general laziness were totally worth it.  Mad cleaning will now ensue as I have just found out that our letting agent has lined up some viewings this week.

I have to say that handing in notice on both my job and home when I currently don't have anything to replace either of them is a little daunting.  I'm scared!